Given Brazil’s current international trade volumes, its adhesion to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods of 1980 (CISG) will mean an important step towards the globalization of international sales law. In this atmosphere of expectancy, a couple of questions come up: Is a further step towards globalization in this something to be celebrated? What are the consequences of Brazil’s adhesion to the CISG for global and regional trade? Before answering these questions through this chapter, we would like to make an introductory comment on globalization and its relationship with the CISG